Spherule deposits in Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary sediments in Belize and Guatemala

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 160, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 783-795

  Keller, G ^a   Stinnesbeck, W ^b   Adatte, T ^c   Holland, B ^d   Stuben D ^b   Harting, M ^b   De Leon, C ^e   De La Cruz, J ^e  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^d Belize Minerals Ltd   (Belize)

^e Perenco Guatemala Limited   (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Belize; Chicxulub crater; Guatemala; K T boundary; Spherules

Indexed keywords

CRATER; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; GLASS; IMPACT STRUCTURE; SMECTITE; SPHERULE;

BELIZE; GUATEMALA;

EID: 0141794547     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764902-119     Document Type: Article

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